User's Manual

IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. N doc: MN/2009/028 - Rev. 1.1

DETECTOR DUO SYSTEM – User manual

Data processing: this is applied to the raw data to permit the acquired

sections to be viewed in a comprehensible way.

Field survey: a group of field acquisitions relating to a single survey.

Handle: a extractable handle is gripped by the operator to move the

antenna trolley.

Maps: graphics showing the change in received radar signal (signal

intensity in gray scale) with respect to the scanning direction.

Position sensor: a distance measurement device fixed inside one of

the trolley wheels, which constantly signals the distance travelled from

the start of the scan back to the Control Unit .

Raw data: unprocessed data obtained during a field survey.

Receiver : part of the antenna dedicated to detecting the signals. It is

lodged in the same container as the transmitter.

Scan: a single movement of the antenna trolley from the beginning to

the end of a pre-established path

Setup: initialization of a piece of equipment or a software process.

Survey: the name given to a collection of scans, which together cover

all the areas of a large investigation: typically an entire town or a large

urban area

Transmitter: part of the antenna dedicated to emitting the radar

signals. It is lodged in the same container as the receiver.

Utilities: the objects the Detector Duo searches for, i.e. pipes

supplying gas and water, electricity cables, etc.